BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES

Coordinators: Ilene Winkler, Barbara Barnes, Susannah Falk Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer

Memoirs, biographies, novels, and essays—we will discuss a wide range of contemporary works by Black women this semester.

Our subjects may include the artist Faith Ringgold, memoirist and poet Maya Angelou, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, the novel Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall, and a history of Black women’s political activism by Martha Jones.

Readings are encouraged but not required.

B WEEK / THUR/ 10:30am to 12:00pm

Spring 2022 Class Schedule: Black Women's Voices
Date	Presenter	Title
Feb 10	Ilene Winkler	Faith Ringgold: Artist, Activist, Author, Quilter
Feb 24	Penelope Pi-Sunyer and Gloria Peropat	Black Women Writing Children’s Literature
Mar 10	Barbara Barnes	Bettina Love: Fighting for Transformative Education
Mar 24	Susannah Falk-Lewis	Fannie Lou Hamer and Freedom Summer
Apr 07	Irene Winkler	Paule Marshall’s Brown Girl, Brownstones
Apr 28	Barbara Barnes	Bell Hooks: Visionary Thinker
May 12	Richard Byrd	Black Women’s Voices Many Haven’t Heard

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